Employees at IT services provider Kyndryl regularly hear from their CEO Martin Schroeter. Unfortunately, some of those messages are actually from scammers.
In 2024, Kyndryl has already experienced four separate waves of text message-based phishing attacks that seek to trick employees into making fraudulent financial transactions. Some of the messages feature a photo of Schroeter in the contact information, in an attempt to make the text appear more authentic. Fraudsters have also taken audio and video from Schroeter’s media interviews and quarterly earnings calls to create deepfake videos and audio messages, to send to employees.
